Auby

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Auby

|commune status = Commune

|image = Auby (Nord, Fr) mairie 01.JPG

|caption = The town hall in Auby

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville d'Auby (59) Nord-France.svg

|arrondissement = Douai

|canton = Orchies

|INSEE = 59028

|postal code = 59950

|mayor = Christophe Charles{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Douaisis Agglo

|coordinates = {{coord|50.4158|3.055|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 22

|elevation min m = 18

|elevation max m = 32

|area km2 = 7.12

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Auby is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59028-auby INSEE commune file] It is {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the centre of Douai.

It is a centre of zinc production and home to a plant owned by Nyrstar.

Population

{{Historical populations

|align = none

|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|1705|Auby }} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59028#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |709

|1800 |762

|1806 |886

|1821 |887

|1831 |968

|1836 |953

|1841 |980

|1846 |1020

|1851 |1092

|1856 |1092

|1861 |1177

|1866 |1253

|1872 |1385

|1876 |2049

|1881 |2410

|1886 |2277

|1891 |2364

|1896 |2685

|1901 |3048

|1906 |3445

|1911 |4462

|1921 |4745

|1926 |6930

|1931 |7506

|1936 |7165

|1946 |7227

|1954 |8579

|1962 |9007

|1968 |9090

|1975 |8954

|1982 |8630

|1990 |8442

|1999 |7958

|2007 |7708

|2012 |7417

|2017 |7274

}}

Heraldry

{{Blazon-arms

|img1=Blason de la ville d'Auby (59) Nord-France.svg

|legend1=Arms of Auby

|text=The arms of Auby are blazoned :
Quarterly 1&4: Argent, an eagle sable, beaked and membered gules; 2&3: quarterly Or and sable.

}}

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France }}

Auby is twinned with Czeladź in Poland.

See also

References

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